Karen Sosnoski

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Karen Sosnoski
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Sosnoski in 2008

Karen Sosnoski (born November 30, 1964) is an American author, radio contributor, and documentary filmmaker.

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Career

Sosnoski is working on a novel, Rosemary's Models, about the intimate secrets, hopes, and fears that cause men, women, and even children to plunge hopefully into artistic relationships with a wood engraver, craving, and in some cases commissioning her unsettling vision. This literary fiction is inspired by the real art of Rosemary Feit Covey.[ citation needed ]

Sosnoski's stories have been featured by the New York Times, This American Life,Los Angeles Times, and Studio 360. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Identity Theory, decomP, Word Riot, The Chaffey Review, Camroc Press Review, Yellow Mama, The LA Times, Poets and Writers, The Washington City Paper, and Bitch, among others. Her article, "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: The Filming of Wedding Advice," is published in the anthology, Thinking Straight, edited by Chrys Ingraham. [1]

Sosnoski holds a B.A. from Gettysburg College, an M.A. in English from Boston College, a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Brandeis University and a certificate in Non-Fiction Writing from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.[ citation needed ] She has taught English and Writing at Brandeis University, Georgetown University, The George Washington University, The Graduate School, USDA and Montgomery College.[ citation needed ]

Karen was awarded an Avid Film Camp editing grant to direct the editing of her the documentary film Wedding Advice: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace (2002) from June through September, 2001. The film was screened at 18 film festivals and is being distributed by Berkeley Media, LLC. [2]

Creative Writing

Film

Podcasts

References

  1. "Thinking Straight: The Power, Promise and Paradox of Heterosexuality". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  2. 1 2 "Berkeley Media LLC: Catalog: Wedding Advice: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace". 2006-03-17. Archived from the original on 2006-03-17. Retrieved 2024-10-17.